PARAGOULD — Greene County Tech placed three different players in double-digit scoring Tuesday night in a 53-46 home victory over the Mountain Home Lady Bombers.

The Lady Eagles (2-0) were led by junior forward Tiffany Gramling, who knocked down four 3-pointers en route to a 14-point night.

GCT head coach Trey Harding said he likes where his team is two games into the season.

“I thought we had some great effort,” Harding said. “Mountain Home is just a really solid group with some really good shooters. We were able to get up by 10 or so there in the third quarter, and they came right back and hit a couple of shots to get back into the ballgame. But that’s a really good win for us heading into the break.”

Both squads got off to a solid start offensively, but it was the Lady Eagles leading after the opening quarter. GCT knocked down four 3-pointers in the first quarter, including two from Gramling, to take a 16-14 lead into the second quarter.

Mountain Home took its first lead of the game at 18-16 with 6:37 left in the half on a shot by Emma Martin. But the Lady Eagles quickly countered with a 7-0 run that was capped by another Gramling 3.

A 3-pointer from Shelby Adams just before the buzzer gave the Lady Eagles a 28-24 lead at the break.

The Lady Eagles began to push the tempo in the third and ran their lead to 10 on a transition layup by Allie Thomas at the 2:20 mark. Thomas scored eight of the Lady Eagles’ 12 points in the quarter.

But the Lady Bombers wouldn’t go away as Anna Grace Foreman completed an old-fashioned 3-point play and Hannah Pfeifer knocked down a shot to cut the lead to 40-35 by the end of the third.

Pfeifer drilled back-to-back 3-pointers early in the fourth to pull her team within a point at 42-41 with 6:23 left to play. But Gramling answered with a 3 of her own to help keep Mountain Home at bay. GCT struggled at the free-throw line down the stretch, making just 6 of 11 shots from the foul line. But the Lady Bombers were unable to capitalize.

Mountain Home (1-2) was led in scoring by Pfeifer, who finished with 18. Martin scored 13 and Foreman tacked on nine.

Eagles 55,

Bombers 47

The Greene County Tech senior boys never trailed Tuesday night, leading from wire to wire for their third win of the season.

Senior guard Payton Guiot was red-hot, scorching the Bombers for 32 points to pave the way for the Eagles (3-0).

Tech surged ahead in the first quarter on a quick 10-2 run that was capped by a tough shot in the lane by Guiot. Kayne Wilson scored on an inbounds play at the 3:45 mark to give the Eagles a double-digit lead at 15-5.

Guiot scored 10 points alone in the first quarter as Tech led 17-10 heading into the second.

Both the Eagles and Bombers scored just nine apiece in the second. A floater by Guiot put Tech on top 24-14 with 3:31 left in the half, but Mountain Home closed the second on a 5-2 run to pull within seven at the break.

The Bombers trimmed the deficit down to a single point several times in the second half. Mountain Home opened the third on a 12-3 run to make the score 32-31 with 4:07 left in the frame.

But the Bombers were held to just two points for the rest of the third as Tech held onto the lead, 38-33.

The Bombers once again cut the Eagles’ lead down to a point with 2:15 to play on a 3-pointer from the wing by junior Luke Dibble that made the score 48-47.

But, like the third quarter, the Bombers hit a dry spell down the stretch as Tech pulled away thanks to a 3-pointer and a pair of free throws by Cody Dortch.